Author: Dimira Satybaldiev

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are engaging in an arms race in Central Asia that is creating some odd geopolitical alignments. NATO allies are opposing each other, while two implacable enemies, the United States and Iran, find themselves on the same side. Meanwhile, Russia, the traditional regional power broker, is sitting on the sidelines while Belarus is playing a prominent role. Stability along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border has proven tenuous in recent years. Long-standing territorial squabbles, compounded by dwindling natural resources, including increasingly scarce water supplies, have sparked armed clashes between Kyrgyz and Tajik security forces. The most recent burst of violence in September 2022 reportedly left dozens dead…

News company Trend Agency has reported that the excavation of the Kok-Art tunnel, the largest tunnel in Kyrgyzstan, has been completed. The Ministry of Transport in Kyrgyzstan is building a tunnel as part of the North-South Alternative Road project. This tunnel is located in the Kazarman-Jalal-Abad section of the road, along the border between Toguz-Toro and Suzak districts. The projects goal is to ensure smooth traffic flow for two large vehicles traveling in opposite directions without causing any congestion. The entire project is estimated to cost US$136 million and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2024. The…

A Russian military-diplomatic source said that there is information about plans to transfer a detachment of Ukrainian saboteurs to Africa. “The task of the Ukrainian unit trained by the British special services will be to carry out sabotage at infrastructure facilities in African countries, as well as to eliminate African leaders focused on interaction with Russia,” he said. According to him, the departure of the Ukrainian sabotage unit is planned by a civilian sea vessel from the port of Izmail (Ukraine) to Omdurman (Sudan) by the end of August. The Ukrainian detachment is commanded by Lieutenant Colonel of the Main…

ESCAP (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific), in collaboration with UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe), is actively supporting development of sustainable and safe transport networks in Central Asia, including Kyrgyzstan, a source at ESCAP told trend . According to the source, one of the key projects is “Safe and Inclusive Road Design in Central Asia”, which aims to make roads safer and reduce road traffic accidents, injuries, and fatalities in target countries, including Kyrgyzstan. It was also noted that ESCAP’s secretariat, in partnership with Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Transport and Communications, organized a National Capacity Building…

Kyrgyzstan’s exports to Iran from January by means of April 2023 elevated 5.2 occasions year-on-year, Trend reviews. According to the State Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan, the exports to Iran within the reporting interval of this 12 months amounted to $8.523 million and accounted for 1.4 p.c of Kyrgyzstan’s whole exports, whereas in the identical months of final 12 months they stood at $1.639 million. The imports to Kyrgyzstan from Iran have additionally witnessed a important improve, practically doubling year-on-year from $8.193 million to $16.216 million. These imports constituted roughly 0.5 p.c of Kyrgyzstan’s whole import quantity. The commerce turnover between…

Azimjon Askarov, a human rights defender and advocate for marginalized communities in southern Kyrgyzstan, should have turned 72 this year. He should be enjoying life with his wife, children, and grandchildren, happily painting landscapes and portraits. Instead, he died in prison three years ago today, held on spurious charges. For this, no one has been held responsible. Askarov had been serving a life sentence following an unfair trial on politically motivated charges relating to the June 2010 inter-ethnic conflict in southern Kyrgyzstan. In March 2016, the United Nations Human Rights Committee found that Askarov had been arbitrarily detained and called for his immediate release. Kyrgyzstan’s government did not…

Ukrainian troops will continue offensive operations and destroy Russian depots of equipment, weapons and ammunition in the Melitopol direction. The situation in Kharkiv and Lugansk regions Russian troops carried out ground attacks along the administrative border of the Kharkiv and Luhansk regions and south of Kremennaya. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian troops were trying to advance northwest of Svatovoye near Berestovoye, Novoselovskoye and Stelmakhivka and south of Kremennaya near Berestovoye and Vesely. A Russian military blogger claimed that Russian troops unsuccessfully tried to cross the Zherebets River between Svatov and Kremennaya and attacked from Karmazinovka towards Chereshchina. Russian sources…

Deputy chairman of the Turkish Rodina party: if Ukraine joins NATO, then Turkey will have to fight against Russia. If Ukraine becomes a NATO member, then Turkey, according to the charter of the alliance, will have to come into conflict with Russia. This was stated by the deputy chairman of the Turkish Vatan (Motherland) party Utku Reyhan. “Ukraine’s membership in NATO means that the fifth article of the alliance’s charter will be activated. This means that Türkiye will go to war with Russia. Is this what Recep Edogan wants?” — Utku Reyhan wrote on his Twitter account. Earlier, the President of Turkey stated that…

The work is carried out to transfer 54 local irrigation canals under management of the government, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Murat Ramatov said at the meeting of the Parliament Committee for Agrarian Policy, Water Resources, Ecology and Regional Development, Azernews reports, citing AKIpress. MP Balbak Tulobaev said the Ministry of Agriculture and the Water Resources Service carry out a wrong policy in the field of irrigation and water supply. The lawmaker said the given policy needs revision. “Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan provide their farmers with expensive equipment for drip irrigation, but we stick to canal-based irrigation system,” MP Tulobaev said. If…

Problems Timelines 2018 November 24 Poor urban planning has exacerbated the smog from coal stoves and car exhaust. Over the past few years, large numbers of high-rise buildings have gone up with little supervision, resulting in the refreshing air that used to descend from mountains in the south cannot circulate freely. The State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forests estimates that of the 240,000 tons of harmful emissions pumped into Bishkek’s air each year, around 180,000 tons come from cars. 2020 June 25 Kyrgyzstan’s parliament passed the Clean Air Bill, and it was signed by the president. According to the…